Re: Newbie question.

[Michael Wicklund <tbogard1@MYhome.com>]

"Bill V." wrote:
> 
> I'm a long time Mac user who picked up a IIgs at a thrift store for $3. I'm working
> on getting the Apple memory card so I can boot GS/OS. I became interested when I found
> that this OS is Mac-like and decided to add the machine to my collection. Read a bunch
> of FACS and learned: I have ROM 01; I need more memory to boot GS/OS; the
> machine does
> boot dos 3.3.
> 
> I'm using a NTSC monitor off the RCA jack. When I try my Apple "Macintosh 12"
> RGB display"
> I get "smeared" characters - I can see that there is text displayed but can't
> read it. To
> me it appears that the interface matches (no smoke....) but that the horizontal
> scan rate
> doesn't. Can this monitor be used on a IIgs at all? Is that what the those
> "video overlay"
> files I saw somewhere on the net are for? Am I dreaming?
> 
> Any helpful hints would be appreciated.
> 
> nobrain@mindless.com

Mac monitors cannot be used on an Apple IIgs (the Mac monitors made by
Apple at least).  The Apple IIgs needs a monitor that has a scan
frequency of 15kHz (Macs monitors have a scan frequency of 30 kHz).
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